# Of Sheep (Including Lamb) buyer markets and demand | HS...

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $518.1M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $518.1M | +8.2% | 6 | Australia |
| France | $140.8M | +8.3% | 26 | United Kingdom |
| Belgium | $69.2M | +3.4% | 13 | New Zealand |
| Republic of Korea | $65.3M | +14% | 3 | Australia |
| Germany | $57.2M | -4.7% | 31 | New Zealand |
| Canada | $57.1M | +5.4% | 6 | Australia |
| Italy | $41.1M | +7.6% | 19 | France |
| United Kingdom | $38.9M | -22.5% | 12 | New Zealand |
| Netherlands | $38.0M | +1.9% | 29 | New Zealand |
| United Arab Emirates | $36.8M | +0.4% | 20 | Australia |
| Japan | $25.4M | -3.6% | 6 | Australia |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $23.4M | -2.6% | 11 | Ireland |
| China | $20.1M | -10.3% | 4 | Australia |
| Saudi Arabia | $18.9M | +3.6% | 9 | Australia |
| Jordan | $11.7M | -17.2% | 6 | Australia |
| Sweden | $9.7M | -1% | 13 | Ireland |
| Singapore | $8.6M | -2.2% | 11 | Australia |
| Israel | $8.0M | +4.9% | 4 | Portugal |
| Kuwait | $7.4M | +8% | 9 | New Zealand |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $6.9M | -3.5% | 11 | Australia |
| Oman | $6.7M | -3.6% | 7 | United Arab Emirates |
| Taiwan | $5.7M | +15.1% | 3 | Australia |
| Denmark | $5.4M | -8.6% | 15 | France |
| Qatar | $5.2M | +7.9% | 10 | Australia |
| Egypt | $4.7M | +81.2% | 4 | Australia |
| Iran | $4.5M | +29.6% | 2 | Australia |
| Spain | $4.4M | +7.2% | 14 | France |
| Portugal | $4.4M | -12.2% | 10 | Spain |
| Luxembourg | $3.6M | -1.5% | 12 | Belgium |
| Malaysia | $3.3M | -14.8% | 5 | Australia |
| Iraq | $3.3M | +129.1% | 3 | Australia |
| Bahamas | $2.9M | +2.6% | 11 | USA |
| Bahrain | $2.9M | -2.2% | 5 | New Zealand |
| Thailand | $2.5M | -6.5% | 4 | Australia |
| Austria | $2.1M | -9.6% | 11 | Germany |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $455.7M | $13,903.43 |
| France | 2023 | $130.9M | $8,231.81 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $76.6M | $8,912.49 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $66.3M | $12,089.26 |
| Canada | 2023 | $56.5M | $9,861.59 |
| Germany | 2023 | $50.6M | $11,018.83 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $48.9M | $6,639.27 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $40.2M | $7,834.31 |
| Italy | 2023 | $35.6M | $11,666.05 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $30.2M | $11,305.33 |
| Japan | 2023 | $23.3M | $19,050.07 |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 2023 | $21.5M | $22,355.03 |
| Jordan | 2023 | $20.4M | $8,474.11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $17.4M | $8,900.19 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $13.1M | $14,358.06 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $8.5M | $12,065.05 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $7.9M | $17,745.49 |
| China | 2023 | $7.6M | $18,283.88 |
| Kuwait | 2023 | $7.3M | $7,620.37 |
| Israel | 2023 | $7.1M | $10,782.09 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._